Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1132601
                    [Title] => Official Development Assistance (ODA)  (Part 2)
                    [Summary] => 
Last Sunday, we started a discussion on ODA, or Official Development Assistance, more commonly referred to as foreign grants and loans. It has three characteristics: 1.)

                    [DatePublished] => 2013-08-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135764
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1620184
                    [AuthorName] => Nigel Paul C. Villarete
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 808137
                    [Title] => UN: Phl not likely to achieve goal on reducing maternal deaths
                    [Summary] => 
Despite progress in programs on maternal health over the past three years, the Philippines will likely not achieve Millennium Development Goal-5 (MDG) on the reduction of maternal mortality rates (MMR) by 2015, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2012-05-19 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 688002
                    [Title] => My journey with Blessed Pedro
                    [Summary] => 
Over a week ago, news came out that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints had already received the official report of Blessed Pedro Calungsod’s miracles for a long process of verification from theologians, medical doctors, cardinals, and the finally, the pope, en route to his eventual canonization as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-05-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135293
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1520915
                    [AuthorName] => Mike Acebedo Lopez
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 640513
                    [Title] => MOA on country program for children signed
                    [Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino recently witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and UNICEF on the implementation of the Country Program for Children (CPC) to promote, protect and fulfill the rights of children and women in Mindanao.
                    [DatePublished] => 2010-12-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Business As Usual
                    [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 446619
                    [Title] => Unicef extends $11.5-million aid for RP children
                    [Summary] => 
MANILA, Philippines - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is extending $11.54 million in funding assistance to the Philippines for various children’s programs under its Country Program for Children 6 or CPC6, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) announced yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-03-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1804708
                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 359322
                    [Title] => Western Visayas RDC first to cite best public sector projects
                    [Summary] => The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Western Visayas recently held its first-ever awards ceremony that recognized outstanding public sector projects in the region.


"We feel that excellence in governance and implementation of projects should be acknowledged," said Antique Gov. Salvacion Zaldivar Perez, who chairs RDC VI.


The search was patterned after the nationwide Galing Pook Awards that recognizes best practices.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-09-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [6] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 333015
                    [Title] => P900-M program for kids in South launched
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The Australian government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched here last Thursday a P900-million, five-year program aimed at bridging the gap between children in depressed and developed areas in the country.  


The Australian-funded project dubbed as the "Child-Friendly Movement: Accelerated Efforts to Reduce Disparities in Southern Philippines" is expected to benefit disadvantaged children in 10 areas in Mindanao and Northern Samar where children aged below 18 comprise 43 percent of the local population.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-04-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [7] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 306887
                    [Title] => FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS: City allots P1.2M for de-worming
                    [Summary] => The city council has appropriated P1.2 million for the implementation of the de-worming program for the public elementary school children in Cebu City.


In its regular session last week, the city council approved the letter-request of City Planning and Development coordinator Nigel Paul Villarete for the city council to pass a resolution allocating the said amount and for it to be charged to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation assistance fund.


A similar letter-request dated November 3 already got the approval of Mayor Tomas Osmeña.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-11-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
                    [SectionUrl] => cebu-news
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

COUNTRY PROGRAM

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1132601
                    [Title] => Official Development Assistance (ODA)  (Part 2)
                    [Summary] => 
Last Sunday, we started a discussion on ODA, or Official Development Assistance, more commonly referred to as foreign grants and loans. It has three characteristics: 1.)

                    [DatePublished] => 2013-08-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135764
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1620184
                    [AuthorName] => Nigel Paul C. Villarete
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 808137
                    [Title] => UN: Phl not likely to achieve goal on reducing maternal deaths
                    [Summary] => 
Despite progress in programs on maternal health over the past three years, the Philippines will likely not achieve Millennium Development Goal-5 (MDG) on the reduction of maternal mortality rates (MMR) by 2015, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2012-05-19 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 688002
                    [Title] => My journey with Blessed Pedro
                    [Summary] => 
Over a week ago, news came out that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints had already received the official report of Blessed Pedro Calungsod’s miracles for a long process of verification from theologians, medical doctors, cardinals, and the finally, the pope, en route to his eventual canonization as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-05-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135293
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1520915
                    [AuthorName] => Mike Acebedo Lopez
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 640513
                    [Title] => MOA on country program for children signed
                    [Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino recently witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and UNICEF on the implementation of the Country Program for Children (CPC) to promote, protect and fulfill the rights of children and women in Mindanao.
                    [DatePublished] => 2010-12-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Business As Usual
                    [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 446619
                    [Title] => Unicef extends $11.5-million aid for RP children
                    [Summary] => 
MANILA, Philippines - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is extending $11.54 million in funding assistance to the Philippines for various children’s programs under its Country Program for Children 6 or CPC6, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) announced yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-03-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1804708
                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 359322
                    [Title] => Western Visayas RDC first to cite best public sector projects
                    [Summary] => The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Western Visayas recently held its first-ever awards ceremony that recognized outstanding public sector projects in the region.


"We feel that excellence in governance and implementation of projects should be acknowledged," said Antique Gov. Salvacion Zaldivar Perez, who chairs RDC VI.


The search was patterned after the nationwide Galing Pook Awards that recognizes best practices.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-09-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [6] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 333015
                    [Title] => P900-M program for kids in South launched
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The Australian government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched here last Thursday a P900-million, five-year program aimed at bridging the gap between children in depressed and developed areas in the country.  


The Australian-funded project dubbed as the "Child-Friendly Movement: Accelerated Efforts to Reduce Disparities in Southern Philippines" is expected to benefit disadvantaged children in 10 areas in Mindanao and Northern Samar where children aged below 18 comprise 43 percent of the local population.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-04-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [7] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 306887
                    [Title] => FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS: City allots P1.2M for de-worming
                    [Summary] => The city council has appropriated P1.2 million for the implementation of the de-worming program for the public elementary school children in Cebu City.


In its regular session last week, the city council approved the letter-request of City Planning and Development coordinator Nigel Paul Villarete for the city council to pass a resolution allocating the said amount and for it to be charged to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation assistance fund.


A similar letter-request dated November 3 already got the approval of Mayor Tomas Osmeña.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-11-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
                    [SectionUrl] => cebu-news
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

abtest

Official Development Assistance (ODA) (Part 2)

By Nigel Paul C. Villarete | August 25, 2013 - 12:00am

Last Sunday, we started a discussion on ODA, or Official Development Assistance, more commonly referred to as foreign grants and loans. It has three characteristics: 1.)

Freeman Opinion

UN: Phl not likely to achieve goal on reducing maternal deaths

May 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Despite progress in programs on maternal health over the past three years, the Philippines will likely not achieve Millennium Development Goal-5 (MDG) on the reduction of maternal mortality rates (MMR) by 2015, the...

Headlines

My journey with Blessed Pedro

By Mike Acebedo Lopez | May 21, 2011 - 12:00am

Over a week ago, news came out that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints had already received the official report of Blessed Pedro Calungsod’s miracles for a long process of verification...

Freeman Opinion

MOA on country program for children signed

December 20, 2010 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino recently witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and UNICEF on the implementation of the Country Program for...

Business As Usual

Unicef extends $11.5-million aid for RP children

By Iris Gonzales | March 9, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is extending $11.54 million in funding assistance to the Philippines for various children’s programs under its Country Program for Children...

Western Visayas RDC first to cite best public sector projects

September 22, 2006 - 12:00am

The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Western Visayas recently held its first-ever awards ceremony that recognized outstanding public sector projects in the region. "We feel that excellence in governance...

Nation

P900-M program for kids in South launched

April 24, 2006 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — The Australian government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched here last Thursday a P900-million, five-year program aimed at bridging the gap between children in depressed...

Nation

FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS: City allots P1.2M for de-worming

November 14, 2005 - 12:00am

The city council has appropriated P1.2 million for the implementation of the de-worming program for the public elementary school children in Cebu City. In its regular session last week, the city council approved...

Cebu News